Privacy Policy for DoodleBolt

Last Updated: October 17, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information the DoodleBolt mobile application (the “App”) collects, how it is used, and who it is shared with.

In short: Your game progress and your drawings stay on your device. If you appear on the global leaderboard, a randomly generated account identifier, your chosen display name, your scores and your country are stored on our server and are publicly visible. The App also sends anonymous, aggregate usage counts (for example “round 5 passed”) that you can switch off in Settings. The App has no ads and no in-app purchases. We never see your drawings. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or any other directly identifying information.

1. Information Stored On Your Device

The following is stored locally on your device and is not transmitted to us:

Your drawings. Canvas drawings exist only in memory while you play and are never uploaded or saved anywhere.
Game progress — completed levels, stars, tokens, unlocked packs and daily streak.
Preferences, including your usage-statistics setting, the list of players you have blocked on the leaderboard, and a cached copy of remote configuration values.

You can erase all of this at any time by deleting the App or clearing its data in your device settings.

2. Information Stored On Our Server (Leaderboard)

The App offers an optional global and country leaderboard. To make this work, we store the following on our database provider, Supabase:

An anonymous account identifier — a randomly generated ID created automatically. It is not linked to your email address, phone number, social account or any other identity.
A display name — automatically generated (for example user_1234567) unless you choose your own.
Your scores — best run, highest token total and current daily streak.
A country code — derived from your device's language setting, used to show a flag and to provide a country leaderboard. We do not use your IP address or GPS location to determine this.

2.1 This Information Is Public

Your display name, country flag and scores are visible to every other player who opens the leaderboard. Please do not use your real name or any personal information as your display name.

2.2 Reporting and Blocking Names

You can report a leaderboard name you find offensive. A report stores your anonymous account identifier, the reported player's anonymous account identifier, the reported name and the time. Reports are not visible to other players. When several established players report the same name, it is automatically replaced with a generated name (for example user_1234567) and can no longer be changed; we may also review reports and do this by hand. Reports are kept until the reported name has been dealt with, and are deleted when either player deletes their leaderboard data.

Blocking a player only hides their name on your device. Nothing about a block is sent to us.

2.3 Anonymous Usage Statistics

To understand how the game is played and to balance its difficulty, the App sends anonymous counters to the same database provider (Supabase). Each counter contains only:

the calendar day,
an event name from a fixed list — first launch, daily use, session start and end, screen opened, app sent to the background, an error occurred, game mode chosen, round passed, failed or quit, and how a run ended,
a few fixed details: platform (Android or iOS), app version, the number of days since you installed the App (capped at 31), the screen name, whether a drawing was in progress, the round number, which object from the game's catalog was being drawn (for example “cat”), the type of error (no error message or other content), and a session length range (for example “3–10 minutes”),
a count.

Counters contain no account identifier, no device identifier, no advertising ID, no IP address, no display name and no drawing, and are never linked to your leaderboard entry. Identical events from all players are added together into a single number per day, so they cannot be traced back to you. Our server discards any event or detail not on the fixed list.

This processing is based on our legitimate interest in improving the game, and because the data is anonymous it does not identify you. It is on by default; you can switch it off at any time in Settings → Privacy → Share anonymous usage statistics, which also discards any counts not yet sent. Aggregate counts are kept for up to 24 months.

3. Third-Party Services

The App uses one third-party service, which has its own privacy policy governing how it handles data.

Service	Purpose	Data involved
Supabase Privacy policy	Hosts the leaderboard database, issues the anonymous account identifier, and stores name reports (section 2.2) and anonymous usage counters (section 2.3)	Anonymous account ID, display name, scores, country code; name reports; aggregate usage counts with no identifier; IP address (as part of normal network requests, not stored with the counters)

No advertising and no purchases. The App shows no advertisements, contains no advertising or analytics SDKs, does not access your device's advertising identifier (Apple IDFA or Android Advertising ID), does not track you across other apps or websites, and offers no in-app purchases. If this changes in a future version, this policy will be updated before that version is released.

4. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area, and other ages where local law differs).

If you believe a child has submitted a display name or other information to the leaderboard, please contact us at the address in Section 7 and we will remove it.

5. Your Rights and How To Delete Your Data

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, export or restrict the processing of your personal data, and to object to that processing.

Device data: delete the App or clear its data in your device settings. This removes all local progress immediately.
Leaderboard data: in the App, go to Settings → Leaderboard → Delete my leaderboard data. This immediately deletes your leaderboard entry, any name reports you filed, and the anonymous account behind it. If you no longer have the App, email us from Section 7 with your display name (shown on the leaderboard, where your own row is highlighted) and we will delete it within 30 days. Instructions are also at doodlebolt.com/delete-data.html.
Usage statistics: these are anonymous and cannot be linked to you, so there is nothing to retrieve or delete per person. You can stop them being sent in Settings.

5.1 European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland (GDPR)

Our legal basis for storing leaderboard data is your consent, given when you choose to appear on the leaderboard by playing. Anonymous usage statistics are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the game (Section 2.3). Name reports are processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in keeping the leaderboard free of abusive content (Section 2.2). You may withdraw consent or object at any time by the methods in Section 5.

5.2 California and Other United States Jurisdictions (CCPA/CPRA)

We do not sell or share your personal information, for money or otherwise, and we do not use it for targeted advertising.

5.3 Other Regions

Where laws such as Japan's APPI, China's PIPL, Türkiye's KVKK, or Personal Data Protection Acts across Asia apply, you retain the rights those laws grant you, including access and deletion. Requests can be made using the contact address below. Note that our service provider listed in Section 3 may store data outside your country of residence.

6. Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the App or for legal and regulatory reasons. The “Last Updated” date above always reflects the most recent version.

7. Contact Us

For any question, concern or data request regarding this Privacy Policy:

Email: [email protected]